Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 19, 1873, Page 10

AND IS AGE What Phfiippo @0Orlenns Was, and What He Might Have Baen, His Good Qualities-Ilis T1Treatmont hy Louis XIV.-Ilis Mophistopho- lian Tutor, The Duke’s Accession to the Regenoyes- John Law aud the Misslssippt Scheme-«-The Plague at Marseilles, French Hociety Under the Regency--- The Infamous Court Buppers and Balls, Wild Career ol tho Duke’s Daughtor--The Doath of the Royal Debauchee. § From Temple Bar, Had not Philippe d'Orloans been the nophow of Loula tho Fourteonth, he.would undoubtedly bavo bosn a groat man, PERIIATS A GOOD ONE. But Lonis—hauntod throughont his 1ifo by tho ‘momorios of thosostormy Frondo days, by his suf- Yerings thereln, and by the shadows of thoso ro- bellions Princos of tho blood royal who had warrd Bgniust roynl authority—loved not clovor- nosa iu his kinsmon, and whenever it appeared did his best to erush it into modiocrity, Wo are too apt to rogard ¢ the Rogont"” as a moro son- sunlist—a Silonns, and nothing more. Such an estimato is untrue and unjust. Lot not the rond- er bo alarmod. I em not about to whitewash another historical character : I am only about to show what hio was and might have becn, s woll 88 what ho becamne, ' ‘Philippe, noo Duo do Charlres,wss born in tho year 1674 A stiango fatality attondod his odu- cation, five gouverneurs dying ono after anoth- or, in order, it would seom, to mako way for tho ovil montor of his lifo, THE AUDE DUBO1S. Thislnst of his tutors—thoson of an apothocary of Auvorgue, at 12 tho domostio of the Principal of tho Colloge de Saint-Michol, Paris, in oarly manhood the precoptor of & morchant's son, lator on Governor to & royal Duko, thon Cardi- nal, thon Primo Minister of Franco—is thus geaphically painted by Saint-Simon : tho colors mayhap aroa little heightoned, but the drawing ia true to nature : Tho Abbo Dubols wasa little, thin, lean, slendor, mean-looking man, with o shrewd weasel-face and a fair poruke, 'y vice fought within him for mas- tory. Avwarice, debauchery, ambition wero his gods, treachery aud finttory his means, imiplety his relaxe ation, and the belief that pl‘n\:uimd houesty are mero fantasies which people assume, but which bave no roal oxistence in any one, his mazlm, In consequenco of which he regarded all meaus as Justifiable in use, Mo excelled fn low intriguen; ‘he lived among, wos unsblo to exiit without, them; but in all his dntrigues Iin had an object which ho pursued with s Uience which was oxliauated only in success, unless ladeed while gropiug in the depths pud the darkncss Be snw daylight clenrer by opening nnother passayo, Ho would uttcr the most fmpudent Tio witk a simplo, stralght-forward, sincere, and ofton modest mau- zor. 15 would have sfoken gracofully and casily if, whilo ondeavoring to penetrato the thought of others, ‘tho fear of shyiug . more. than S desired Lad not accustomed him to felgn o stammer which disfigured his nsmuch, rendering it, when he spoko of. important ufMuirs, Incupportable and some- imea unintelligiblo, He wos witty, woll read, with great Lnowledgo of the world ; fakfnunting and de- sirous to please ; but all was spoiled by that air of fulseness which surrounded ol be did and sald, Evil by rotlection, nature, and reusun, treacherous and ungrateful, an adept iu tho avention of overy atrocity, shameleen being caught in the fact, Desiring all, envying and wishing to plunder all, When after- wards hobad no need of _coustraint the world saw to ‘what a polut Lio carried his solfishness, his debaich- ery, how much he despised Liis master and the Btate, aud how ho sucrificed everybody nnd everything wilhout exception {o himeelf, to liis credit, to his pOwar, 1o his absoluto wuthorlty, to his powp, to bis avarico, to his fears, to his hatos, Such was the governor who, having insinuated bimeelf juto the good graces of Monsiour and Mrdame, waa appointed to comploto tho educa- tion of young Philippe. Tho boy pave BIGNS OF GREAT PIOMISE. Ho oxcollod In all bis sludies—in_ geomotry, in chemistry, in painting, in poetry, in music; his maunors woro elogant, affablo. His courage wag daring, and in all appertaining to the profossion of arms he showed rare gonius, n foro- pight almost iutuitive, and an cnergy and rapidity of exacution that insured success, T At tho eiege of Mons, which took place when he was only 18, at Steinkirk and at Nerwindo, ho greatly distinguishod himsolt—too groatly to {ind favor with his august uncle, whom he too forcibly rominded of the youth of {he great Condo. Ho was not pormitted to Join the campaign of 1694, Aud 80, with a hoart full of bittorness, and of n burn- ingdesiro to show his contompt for tho King, and for all the King most rovoronced, which, at this timo, wero the outward formsa of roligion, ho remained in Paris, ovory nobte faculty rusting in idleness, with his Mephistopholian tutor over by Lis sido to feod his infamous pleas- ures to roplotion. To be mauter of the Prince, the Abbo thought tho surest plan wae to assimilato him as much ns possiblo to himsdlf. Ho taught him to despiso all dutics and decencies ; ho persuaded bim that ho bad too much wit.to be the dupo of religion,— which, according to his account, was a more polit- ival invention to frighten fools and to hold the peoplo in submission; he taught him that honesty in men and virtuo in womon wore only chimoray, and that licontiousnoss, falsehood, artifico, infidelity, portidy, wero tho osson. tials of worldly wisdom. Iis marriago with Mademoisolle do Blow, second daughter of Madama do Montespan, & woman cold, apathotic, indolent, ogotisticxl, arrogaut, who fancied that 2ll tho world, hor husband iucluded, should bow down in bumblo adoration bofore hor,—a marriage distasteful to the young Duke, aud violently opposed by his mothor,~this marriage comploted bis moral ruin. Day by day he con- ceived o grenter distasto for his wife, delivered ‘himsolf up moro and more to vile disyipation, and day by day he sank deeper into the EOUL-ROTTING BLOUGIMS OF INIQUITY, By-and:by thora happened an ovont which aroused him out of his lethargy, Under tho dominton of French intrigucs” Charles the Bucond of Spain hud, by will, sot uside tho cantingent rights of the Duc d'Orleans to the Crown” of Spiin in favor of Philip of Anjou aecond son of the Danphin, Orlouns bestirro Limeelf to nesort Lig rights, nnd aftor a tima ob- tained tho revarsion of the Crown aftor the Duko of Anjou's doath. Upon tho demise of Charles bogan the War of tho Bpunish Succession, aud Louls, it s prosumablo, nof thinking it ' prudont to ovorlook _the great - military talents of g nophow, Sppolnted bim to tho command of the Armuy of taly. Bl thore, followed by tho distrust of the King, and hsmperatl Ly tho iguorant porvarso: noss of Lin collonguew, Marsi snd La Foullindo, bis forouight and Engacity wero complotoly nll flod. At longth, wearied by the constant rojoc: tion of all his councils, he ‘wan sbout to throw up his command iu disguet when he retolved tidings of tho advance of Drinco Tugone. Ho proposed to Marsin that they should at onco march against him. Tho Marechal rofused, and forbade any of his troops o stir, The eno: my commonced tho attack. ~Marsin wea Ho sori ously wounded at tho commencemont of tho battle as to neccewsitato his removal from the fleld. La Fowllade ran hither and thither, toar- ing hig hair 1 a wtato of distraction, unable to ivo an ordor, Upon which the Duke took upon glm«ull the sole command, “nx pIn WoNDERR," enys Baint-Slmon: *oxposed himsolf to the houviest flro with o kang-frod which saw all and distinguished all, which led him to ovary part of tha ground whore his presenco was requirod to sumain aud oncourage—an oxamplo which animated both ofticers and soldiors, ‘Wounded, at firat slightly in the hip, aftorwardys dangerously in tho wrist, ho was still undaunted, Boolng tho lnos begin to wayor, ho callod the officors by name, snimatod tho soldiors ’y his voice, and himsolf brought np the squad- sons snd battalious to tho charge.” Hpite of THE CHICAGO - DAILY TRIBU DAY, OCTOBER 1Y, 1873 nil - his offorts, howover, thanks to the [rovens obatiuney ' of " hia’ colloaguen, tho dny was lost; but the Duke's c:)lohi?nu “id pra:u?uon ol;l mi;n! stood him in oqually good stond in conductiug t| i direedfug tho batele, g et Uttimataly, after enduring new annoyances aud opposition at tho hands of theso incompelents, ho was rocatled to I'ranco, But not oven toyal jonlousy could attach ropronch to Lis courngo or conduct throughout the campaign, Mo was wannly wolcomed, and Boon aftorwards sont to command tho army in Spaln, with abuoluto authority, Heroe his arins woro orownod with success, and Lin gontlonens, Justica, liborality, bravory, tinin- torfl.lllud‘ ;«'l"gllnn‘ziu, aud g‘n“l;lur,-—whlgflll x“‘fnmd noithor night nor day,—nnd his splendid militas talonts, madobim o = ADORED DY OFFICERA AND MEN, In tho moautimo Louls was growing unoasy at this popularity, and not without n cause, Scorot overtures hind boou mado to the Duko bysomo of the londing nobles of Spain to mount the throno of ‘thnt country, to which overturos Lo bmd turned » somewhat willing oar. Nows of tho design was carriod to I'ranco and raised amongst his onomies n torrible storm nfimh‘“ him, ~“Bovoral ntrests wore made amon, his agonts ; ho himgolf was recalled, and amids| the din of cabals sank onco moro into his old lifo of fdlo, roulless dobauchory—a sad ravorso of that noble picturo of horoio cournge and noblo genlus whick wo saw but mow upon tho battle-ticlds of Italy and Spain, But in tho midat of his sensual Lotho there burst upon bim % storm moro flerco and terriblo than all thet had gono bofore. Tho strango doath of tho Dauphine, followed soon aftor- wards by that of Lho Dauphin himsolf, oxcited rumors of poison, BUSPIOION PELL, UPON ORLEANS, Thogo suspicious, artfully fomonted by Madamo de Maintonon and tho Duc do Maiuo, were rendored probsble by & manin which wne upon him just then for oxporimental chem- iutry, At tho funcral of tho Prince, so furious wore the pooplo sgninst tho Duko that foars were ontertniued for his lifo, The courtiors shunned him g & loper, the mob exceratod bim ; all foll from him enve Saint-Simon, and Lo atoo nlono in tho Court, s common target at which malico uncosaingly shot its doadly arrows, No doubt, howovor, can now rest upou the mind of tho historical studont that theso_acousations were totally falao and groundless, It does not come within tho scope of ko briof a papor as this to entor into tho Pmn and cons of ‘the sub- jact, but, as Saint-Bimon justly romarke,-and substantistos hj roagons, the Duc de Maino was more interested in tho death of tho Dauphin than was the Due d'Orleans, Aftor o timo tho King of Spatn expressed a de- Bire to bo reconciled totho Duko, and thena kind of famity reconcilintion was patchod up. The con- sequonco of which was that a twelvemonth pro- vious to his donth (August, 1714} Louls made a will, leaving tho rogoncy, controlled by a coune cil, to the Duc d'Orloaus, and the guardianship of i the infant heir to the throno, togetber with tho command of tho houseliold troops, to tho Duoc do Maine. Louis is dying, and the salons_of tho ooming Rogent aro_fiilod with sycophants, fawnors, flnttorors, One dny, however, comos the nows that Louie has rallied ; that day the salons of tho now receding Rogant are ompty. Dut thren days nfterwards (1st of Boptembor, 1715) Louia the Fourteonth has passed away, and ALL TIE WORLD 18 GROWDING PELL-NELY, in hot and breathless hasto back to the e ont, roady to lick his boots, mako footstools of thoir bodios, or undergo any kind of dogradation, to win his august smiles, ~ And theso aro tho croa- turos of Maino and Maintenon, who a year or two bofora hiad shuuned him as plague-spotten, and who did their best to briug him to the seatfold | And the mob, as usual, imitato their botters ; thoy 1o longor howl againat Lim, nor lamor for bis lifo, nor nsult Liis oars with horrible accusn- tions and vilo opithets, but ratss tholr sweat yoicos instoad in- triumphant cheers and grata- Intions, ainging # Vivo notre regent | 1 eat sl debonnalra Qu'il o8t commo un enfant Qu'on tlent par isters, Tonjours, La nuit ot 16 Jour.” Theso aleo would lick lus boots, nay, clean the ground over which ho walks with thcic tongues, carry hipd upon their shoulders, drag Lis ear- riago through tho atrosts, or perform any othor }muuu‘ work, to ingratiate themuelves into his Bvor. ‘The Duke was magnanimous, and received even tho Ditterest of his late foos with graco and cordiality. *Tho Regent docs not rovongo tho injurics of the Duc d'Orloans,” bio snid nobly ; and he kopt his word, But nevertheless he resolved to bo master of thosituation, and would not submit to be merol tho President of a Conncil of Ite, ency, whicl could at any time, by & muforlty, nulli- fy Lin porsonal powor. Ilo protosted in Pocliameut that tho will was not in conformity with tho King's last words ; that ho was willing that bis hands should bo tied for evil, but not for good, and_ finished by declaring himself Regent with absoluto author- ity. Tho declaration was ratitied by the Parlin~ mient and approvod by tho peoplo, ITo appro- rinted to himsel!f the command of tho house- foid troops, and was houceforth MASTER OF FRANCH. Tho rule of the now government waa to do evorsthing that had been taboood by the old, and vico vorsa, It accorded protection to tho Jausenists, anuullod all lottors do cachot, odicts, and sontences of oxilo against .them and the dieciples of Port-Royal, and confided nll eccle- sinstical afairs to Nonitlos, Floury, D'Agues- scru, and the Abbo Pucelle, Louis had con- flued within the narrowest possibla limits the authority of Parliament, and interdicted tho use of remonstrances ; tho Rogent rextored itn priv. iloges. In a moment of enthusinsm he said that he would govern only h( its advice, and choso the greator numbor of his councilors from amongat ite membors. Novortheloss ho did not koep Lis word in this reapoct. By ontoring into aclose couvontion with Qeorgo the First ho abandonad tho oauso of the Sfuarts, and sought ‘penco for his war-ridden country. By tho year 1718 ko Lad reduced tho debf by "400,000,000 livros, But o stupendous was the financial burden imposod upon thonation Ly tho dieastrous wars of the late reign that ho could make no hendway againat it; in vain did ho cut down pounsions, vigilautly ovorlooked the ao- counts of the revouuo farmers; (hese things woro but as bailing wator out of tho sen with an oystor-shell. 1t was just ot this time, when national Bhnk- ruptoy was ataring him in’ the face, that his t- tontion was attraciod by 01N TAW and his schome of paper curroncy, Law, who had traversod Europo withi his plon, and had mot with nothing but discourngomagt, had neye ortheloss accumulatod & largo fortune by gamb- ling, and had, in 1716, sottlod with his brother in Paris, whero 'ho had oponed o privata bank and issued largo quantitios of bank notes, which en- Joyod porfect credit. As soon s his proposals wore unfolded to the Regont ho embraced them with tho utmost ardor; he fancied that he had ditcovered tho lohomiat's sacros and an anti- doto against all tho nstional ombarrassments. Up startod tho Misslusippi Schome—to dovelop tho reourcos of Loulsians nnd the coun- try bordoring upon tho Misslsuippi—200,000 shores at 600 livres each. The promoters farmed the taxes, coined the mono; 1, mo- nopolized tho tradd of all (ko possossions of tho French Enst Indla Company!' 8o groat was the demand for shares that 50,000 now ones were created, for whicl thoro ware 300,000 applicantes tho dividend was 120 per cont. But arliamani rofusied to ratify tho monotary edicls, forbado the interforenco of strangors in publi o affairs, and ull collusion botwoon tho Royal C'resury aud the Scotchman's bank, Terrified by tho hourly Incroasing muuis for spoculation, thoy appointed Commissionors to soize upon Law and bang him, Orlenns gave him an asylum in his own palaco; doprived the Dugdo Noailles of tho admimstratlon of financo, oxiled D'Aguos- fenn, doprived the Duo do Maino of the Auporin. tendency of the young King's education, reduced Lim and his brother, tho Count do Toulouds, to the rank of Poers, punished all others who had joiued tho Parliament in_opposition to his darng schemo, aud oroated the speculntor Dnmpfi'ol]nhfluunml of the fluauces of tho Kiugdom, TITE MONEY-MADNESS was now at fls hoight; multitudes of fren- zlod wrotchion craving for sharos surrounded Laws Louso night aud day; the population of Purju incronsod daily by 'thousands, until overy Litchen, stablo, and outhouso swarmed With' nowly-nrrived provinelals, Bocloty was turned topisy-turvy ; - Inckoys rovolod M tho luxury of Duken; 'boggars Yostorday rollod In woullh to-day;' mon of the old noblouse rushed trombling and eager to the oapl- tal, solling flofs and manors which had Lo~ longod to thoir namos for ages to tho bourgools, to huy sharos in the monatrous lottory. T bourgaoiu kold thewr hops and hiouses t0' grasp thoso promissory hits of paper ; workmon. bR torad their tools” for them, nnd disdained worl #inco monoy could be obiained so ensily, A wild frenzy, a oraving thirst, a ravoning Lhunger for gold solzed upon ull, mingling ovory olass, begicar and bourgools, oblo ahd artiwan, outeath and flno ludy, youth dnd old ngo, roguory and ru]lfiti‘tnhillly, ina wild saturnulian struggle for woalth, TIE ORABIT CAMF, AT LAST, and the paor wrotchen awoka from their fovor- dream to find all thoir oarthly possessions ree duced to soraps of worthlosa papor. Of course [ thore woro tlotaj whon pooplo discover thab thoy have dono somothing vory._ idiotio thoy nl- ways fallinto o rago and ondeavor o moko somabody oleo rosponslble for thelr own fdiocy likowiao,” na a mattor of course, thuy kllle(i many {nuocont Yconlc ahd poraded tho bodles boforo the Negoul's palace In ordor to couvince him that they had quite rocovered their songes, ' Tlmly nro right,"” eald Philippe to ono of his Counclors who was urging him to rosort to hinrsh monsuros against tho riotors, “Thoy are vmi_v Focd o enduro 80 mauy ovils,” Ho many avils [ Yes, for monctary troubles svore not tho worab that dovastated Franco at that momont, AN AWFUL TLAGUR bd broken out in Marsollles, which, for vir- lenco aud horror, cannot Lo surpassod 'in_ histo- ry. Botwoon the 16th of August aud tho 30tlrof Hoptombor (1720) thousands died daily. Upon tho promenndos, honeath tho trees, among tho fountnius, unburiod bodios lay soothing wador tho burniog sun, the strocia” woro choled up with dond, tho grayes, filled to replotion, burst undor the intonso hont, aud vomited baok their Lorrors, Upon tho Placo do In Logo, fronting the Hotel do Villo, moro than 1,600. corpsos woro caat without ‘sopulture, until tho brayo echevtn, Chovalior Roso, whoso _horolsm has immortalized lis name, having discovered cer~ tain hollows nnd vaults in somo old Roman tow- ors, brought to the spot & body of forcals, and, himtolf “suporintending the horrible work, Slul::lofl awsy and buried tho ghastly human obris, Lot mo now ondeavor to conjuro up bofora the rondor’s imagination a piéturo of . Fronch o~ cloty aa it wos undor tho .rulo of tho TRegency. But boforo plunging into that oconn of iniquity, I will pausa for n momont npon tho ono calm, poxcoful spot, that out of tho on- drellug “raging mos " rows like some tiny island, whoso grasay, flowor-bespangled glades s singlo ray of sunshino, dartin, out of the cloud-covered heavens, illumin with & holy radianco, while all around was_pitohy darkness and the storm bellowings from tho " deep profound. I'iat mpot was tlio Louvre, the residence of THE OWILD-KING. Naver bofore, perhaps, was youthful Princo loved so oulh\luinflflnnliy by attondants and all who aurroundad him. And this fooling was uni- vorsal among tho pooplo; it was from this poriod that he_won the titlo of "' Woll-beloved,” which Lo Leld to tho ond, long after it had censod to be ooything but an ironical misnomer, Porhaps this wseutimont had ita origin in the striking contrast prosented bo- twoen that puro ehildlife aud the awful dopravity of tho Court, His gouvernante was rigid, devout Madamo do Vontadour ; his tutor tho good pious Floury, Bishop of Frojus, from whom tho boy could” not ondure to bo separated for tho briofost intorsal. Tho greal proscher Mas- sillon was Lis roligious instructor. 1t was s mild, affectionato child, of eoft- and engaging maonors, caring littlo for the rough gamos of his ago, fond of horaes, sheop, aud abovo all of a boautiful Bootoh dog, whicl Lad boon given him by the English Ambassador. He would liston for hours togethor with toarful oyos and trombling lips to tho stories of saints and martyrs. Placing this pioturo sldo by sido with that of the master of the pare auz cerfs, may we not exclaim in tho words of Opliolia, **Wa know what wo are, but wo know not what wo may be” ? To the honor of Orlonns Do it eaid that even ho rospoctod the Emrhy of this young soul, which waa deaply sttached to bim, and while in its presouce put his basor naturo out of gight. As soon as tho young King attained his mojority, the Kogont freely and lonostly dolivered all power into his_bands. When he read tho ‘Plllllpp(finp’ of Ln Grango Obancol Lio was usmoved by all its terrible accusations, until ho came to tho chargo of attompting to poison the boy; that broke down lus fortitude aud he gave way to bittor tear. At Beeaux, formorly tho residence of Colbert, from whose family it was purchascd by the lato King for the Duo do Maine, tho Duchoss hold ' Court, of which the manners, customa and amnuscments wora THOSE OF THE LAST AGE, It was the one old-world spot which inuova- tion and now modos had not yot invaded. Tho divertissements wero conceived in the old clussic, frigid stylo; mythological fotos, grandes tableauz, such as Louis had had porformed before La Valliore in tho early days of thoir lovo. Hore roigned musio, and pootty, aud tho old coromonious gullantry, that last lngor- ing olemont of ohivnlr{‘.’ In summer no ono a8 permitted to retiro to bed until sunriso, and tho company paraded tho park all night, talking lovo snd pootry, exchanging sallios 'of wit, or improvising” fotos upon the water. All was grand aud statoly, sud thoso who had not virtue nt loast assumed it, Both the gravest sud most spirituel of Fronch socioty froquonted this retront, among othors & young man named Arouet, then first mounting tho Parnnssian steop, & froquenter of all compauios, o mocker of all. Thanks to Watteau and his school, THE BEAUX AND DELLES of tho firat half of the eighteonth century are as familiar to our_imaginations as the eversday froquonters of Pall AMall and Bond street aro to our oyes. Those protty, coquottish, naivo, E(uk— and-whito faces, with ‘the rose-bud moutls so charmingly sot off by tho little black patchies snd tho powdorad, jewol-ontwisted Lair; thoso tiny feet oucasod in satin; the slendor anklo so liberally displayed by tho quilted, hoop-oxpanded potticont, the gracefully-tucked dress of rich be- tlowored silk or damask; tho beaux, with thoir fine gentloman air, thoir powdered {uous wige, thelr full-skirted, velvot, gold-ombroidored coats, satin waistconts and broeches, rolled silk stock- ings, h':sh-heelud, diamond-buokled shacs, and in\vnl- iltod rapiers—how difforent those to the adies and gentlemen of tho old Court] Then tho abodes of this sublimated humanity: tho gllded salons a la renaissance, carpoted with the luxurious productions of the looms of Peraia and Turku{ hung with flowing silk and damask, 1it by dazzling crystal lustres, thoir glories mult tiplied in tho plondid mirror of Venice, satin couchs, gilded furniture, candelabras, clooks; fowor-basketa of gold, or ivory, or obony ; Chinose-knicknacks, china monstors, porcelaln g0 exquisitely frail that a breatn of wind might havo shivored it. An infinite varioty of moving costumo gave life to the gor- Euonn picture. Tho oflicers of muskefaora, in Inck velvet aund silvor brandebourgs ; tho chov- aliors of the light horso, in palo blue and goldon baguelles ; tho Swiss in scarlot; tho abbes in blacl; tho beaux aud belles in every huo and form of dross that caprice and extravagance could suggost. Gentlomen nndor the regime of Louls passed the groater portion of their lives in tho toils and hardships of cump lifo,* TIE GENTLEMAYN OF THE REGENOY awoke atnoon in hig hed of down, partool of chocolate and o light collation, aftor which ho aroso, nud placing himsolf in the hands of four or five valets commouced his toilot. One assist- ant ourled his poruko, n second Landed him his sillk slockings and shoes, a third his gold embroidered cont and vest, & fourth his slen- der rapier, a fifth Lia porfumed rufiley snd handkerchief. Then came tho vimiting Liour, which brought fops to admire themsclves in bis mirrors, to talk of their conquests, of Court scandal, and of Inst night'a revel; tho toilat over, all procoeded to Oourt or otherwiso whijed anay timo until the Ionged-for hour of supper camo, from which at dawn their car- ringes carried home tholr eensoless wino-bo- sottod bodics. ‘Tho lives of tho ladios were slmi- lar. They also rose at noon with hoads aching from the luat night's oxonssos; performod their toilots in a charming bondofr hung round with Tose-colored silk, in which thoy rocoived their gallants ; femmes de chambre drossed their lir, clasped Elioir whito arms and nooks with poarls aud jowals; at thoir feot black boys, whoso dusky axius contrastod &0 admirably with tho pearly toxture of their own, held Chinoso fans of oxr“)iulm wurkmnnninlp, while they arranged tholr patches in tho nir- rors, chatting of oporas, gallantry, petits soupers,—tho universal theme,—tholr boau- tiful lips too frequently polluted by coarso and disguating bon mofs, And theso oroaturos were often moro girls, in the vory first flush of youth and bulmtyF " Turn we now to *tho master of tho rovels,” THE NEGENT BINAELF, Balnt-Blmon, that immortal paintor of tho men and mannors of that age, thus pictures Phil) po d'Orlonns; tha dato of tho portrait ia 1716, just provious to tho King's deatht 31, lo Do 'Orleans waa not ahove the middle height, very staut without belng fat, hisair and carringo ousy aud very distinguished, Wis 'face full, agreoabln, and very hfgh colored, his Lafr black, hix' poruke of the sumio livie, Althougis o dunced badly, thore wra n his countenonco, n hin gestures, iw Lis manuors, an intinite wraco whioh adorued hls cominonest nolions, 1o was gentle, freo, and easy of access, 1lis volco was agracablo and lls speech was wonderfully cleur nud fluent, In conyersution Lo was squally ot oo, whether the subjoot wia pussing ovouts or the most whatenct koiences, whother It was politles, uanco, war, tho Court, avts, or mechanica, His kuowledyo of Rilutory aud biography was enormais, Wi momory pro- diglouy, whotbur £or facts, names, or dates, 1B MODEL WAS UENTY TIE FOURTI, whom ho imitated both in his virtues aud vices ; and tho flattory to which ho wau alone suscoptiblo wad to be likenod in foatures, manners, aud achiovoments to that great Iting. In thin los tho kev-notoof much of bis oharsoter, ‘Lheo- tetically ho loved a froo governmont, and wag Hovonteen tooygwnd nobilily perishod in tho wars of Lis ago, g ovor pralting tho English Constitution, Iowas nok ambitious of regal powor, for the pansh AMair waa tho suggestion of athors, and tha fdoa was quickly nbandonod. Ilis_nmbition, Enys Saint-Blmon, ** was to command whilo war last- od, and nt other timoa to scel plonsure, without constraint to bimaclf or (o othors.” In his jm- ploty ho wan ostontations to nfeotation ; for his most ontragaous debmuches ho wonld soloct fosts ond holy daye. Ifo paraded his con- tompt for macrod things. Ono Obristmos Lo ~nttonded miduight” moss with tho King ot Vorsaills, o was obsorved to bo dovoutly intont upou a book which all bo- lieved to bo n'missal. 'The noxt dey s Iady ox- proasod to him tho pleasure sho had -folt at Ecoing him thua dovout. *You ara vory sim- plo, madame," ho roplied, * it wna Itabolais, which Thind"takon ‘with #0 a8 8 prolootion sgaiust onnut.” The boauty of the chiapel, the gplondor ot tho spuotalo, and e nabligus ot tho musio, undoubtedly tho finest that could bo hoard in Europo, were sufliciont guarantcos nlgnlnnt onnui, glo was notorlously false and {n- elncoro, Ho loved to sot everybody by tho ears, and thus lead them on to the Dotrayal of one an- othor'd acorots, This croatod for him moro enc- mion than any other of lis vices, Ho wag ALIEE INOAPADLE OF IIATE AND LOVE. Tho only person who over exorcisod any real Emwt ovor his mind wos Dubois, and is ' powor from first lo lnst waw absoluto, Unlike ~the late King, ho was movor in any way ruled by his mistresses, nor was ho ayor known, ovon in the most holpless momont of in- toxication, to betray to thom a Btato mcoref, #Ho was horn ennuye," says Snint-Simon; *'ho was 80 accuatomod £o fivo out of himself that ho ocould not endure to re-enter.” Ils could exist ouly in tho movemont and whirlwiud of stitring events; ho must bo at tho hend of an army, or busled in Jxropnmuonn for n campnign, or in the noiso and oxcitemont of a debauch, With- ont bustlo, tumult, some sort of oxooes, timo hung insupportably heavy upon his Linnds, And yot his tastes and sccomplishmonts wore numerous and brilliant, o dolighted in oxporimental ohemistry, in distliling_porfumos ; lio was an sdmirable paintor, as wellasa con- noigsour, and had collectod works of art which, both in numbor and value, equal- ed thoso of tho King himsolf. Ho was » passionate lovoer “of musje, nnd had composed more than ono opora ‘of no mean morit. * Nover,” to again quoto Baint-Simon, ‘‘wns man born with talents 60 numerous an 80 varied, and never was man &uch an idlor, nor 80 ul{'timly delivored up to ennui and nothing- noss, To account for this unhappy contradiction, Madame his mothor, who was a groat reader of fairy loro, invented A PRETTY LITTLE FADLE. Sue said that st bLis birth all tho fairios had boon surmnmoned round her bod, but that, unfor- tunately, ono old fairy, who had dissppeared for such & very long timo as to bavo quito slippod out of everybody's memory, wsa forgotton. Buddenly, lowever, sho apponred, ennin upon hor stick. Piquod at tho universal forgets fuiness, sho roveugad horsolf by rendoring oll tho talonts prosented by iho othor fairios uuoless, not ono of which, whilo_ preserving all, ho yras ovor ablo o turn to good acconat, Tha political life of the Rogont commanced at 1'in the afternoon, the morning having passed in gradually arousing himselt from tho etupor of tho provious night's dobauch, After ho had taken chocolato his .brain cleared, aud Lo wos roady for business, flis ‘flrst visit wae o’ the Louvro, to the young King, whom' - ho alwoys tronted” with the moat profound rospoct. There ho would romain conyorsiug about an Lour, after which lo at- tondod the Council of State; this dispatohed, Lo paid a visit either to his mother at Sainf Cloud, to the Duchesse do Berry at'the Luxom- bourg, or to somo of his other children, for all of whom Lo had a groat affection, So pagsod, tho timo until 10 at night, .. . 'THEOUR FOR BUPPER. Tho ‘giiosts at thoso famous, or rathor in- famous, feasts, which almost rival in bistorical colabrity the epicurean banquets of Apicius or ucullus, woro usually restriciod to - twonty ; Dbut, aa we shall presoutly seo, this number was frequontly iuoreased ad libitum, 'They were so- lected from all, and from thomost diverso, classos of socicly—nobles, poots, philorophers, wits, abbos, courtoanns, Conrt ladies, Tho nparte ments woro furntebod with tho most costly voluptuousness, tho tables londed with magnifi- cent plato flowors and the most delicions wines and viouds. A a proparativo for drinking, tho hanap, su_immenso goblet in tho form of a bar- rol, hoopod with gold and filled with wino, wan Landed from guostto guest, wineh goblet it was de rigueurto ompty at the flrst round. Coarso_lon mote, eallics of licontious wit, ohietly diroctod sgafnat roligion and morality, in whicli each strove to outdo the othor in irravor- euco and impioty, passed from mouth to month ; tho wild Jicense mowentarily incroasing a8 the wine circulated, until the rovel ended in help- loss iutoxication. This was tho moro decorous of tho pelils soupers. Thero wero Gthers which in numbers, riot, and indiscriminato gathering, resombled an old Greek saturnulin or a porformanco of TIE MYSTERIES OF APHUODITE, About this time Canaillao orthlnmd public balls. Tho opera-houso was built in the garden of the Palais Royal, aud » privato door afforded direct communication botweon the two buildings. ‘The Regont froquently attonded theso balls, and through this entranco somotimes bronght s company of the masquers to sup- per.. Then strange moisy groups would gathor pell-mell round the luxurious tables, and groedily dovour tho costly comesti- bles and olioioo wines; grisottes, danscuses, noblo ladies in tho motloy atiire 'of Chinoso, bayadoros, nuns, fairios, Circassians ; sncrilogs ious josts'and wild Iauglitor, a Babol of tongnes, disputes, quarrols, somotimes blows; dolitious misth, oathe, blubphomy, bacchanalisn songy, poses plastigues, unbridled licouso of all kind, ‘atupefaction, ewinish sloop, and a mass of humaz clay scattored,amidst other romuants of tho foast, ovor aatin couch and gorgeaus carpot. Moro thar onco death joined in tho party, and, clasping somo victim iu his bony arms, sproad shriel ing horror aud dismay amongst the rovolors, Ono of the wildest of theso bacchanals was TUE REGENT'S DAUGNTER, Married ot a very early age to the Duc do Borry, a good-natured but weak-minded Drinco, wlo was dosporately fond of lhor, but whom sho dospised and hated, her wholo lifo— it was .not a long ono, ouly twon- ty-four years—was horror 'of immorality. Sho was only 19 when the Duke died, undoubt- edly of polaon ; but by whom administered it would bo difticlt to eny. Passionate, haughty, insufferably _arrogant, sho protended to- i rights of a Queen. Bhe was accompanicd, whon sho passod throngh tho stroots, by tho band of the muskoteors, bfi tho “music of trumpots and oymbals, ut with all that sho was tho nlaya of a little pimplo-faced man, tho Comte de Itiom, to whom sho was at length seoretly united. One might kave imagined him to bo the aveuger of tho dead husband, he treated hor with such uttor aud capricions tyr- anny; bo ordorod ber toilot, hor dresuos, hor ovory movomont, and compollod Lor for tho lightost offonco to Lkncel at his foot and osk for pardon. Her summor rosi- donce waa at La Muotte, in tho vor¥ contro' of the Dois do Boulagne ; for amidst sl hor dissi- {»nuena sho Lind a loyo for troes and solitudo and Lo simple pleasures of country lifo, At thnos & sense of her enormitics would overwholm her; more than onco sho fled to the Car~ melites of Claillot to weep and pray, rackoed by a terriblo remorso, But afters timo her florca passions would once more master her, and drag her back to tho aaturnalins, whoro ail tho ast was quickly forgotten, until wild goiety Y..psed agnin into wilddospalr. At length, Lor health began to sinlky but hor dissipation only tnorensod, until death closod hor torriblo caroor, Her death was a groat blow to Orleans, who was pussionatoly attached to hor, ‘The vicos of tho Fronde woro thoso of fac- tions, and aroso out of the dirorgnoization of gocioty; tha vices of the age of Louis wore clothed in » garb of outward deconoy, and woro not regardod as things to bo lpmud of ; oven ovor illicit amours was cast a voil of pootry and romance that concenled thoir grossnoss,” But undor tho Rogency VICE WAS LAUNEL-OROWNED, 1t was » reproach tonman notto bo a debauchoo, not to nightly drink himeelf into a state of in- sousibility. Tho_ouly ohurchman that Orloans expressod an adwiration for was the Grand Prior, and that bacausoe for rgm.y yoars ho Lad uovor gono to bed sober. Lt ywis Fidiculous in a woman to be wixo, or modost, or virluous ; evory Indy of the Court had a niokriame, gatharad from tho onlondar of lovo, which concoaled a licone tlous monning ; ono was Bninto Facile, anothor Bainto Ploureuse, anothor Bainte Contento, ato. The pooms and epigrams wera not mere offusions of licontious wit ; they stripped human frailty of ovory seutiment, overy rag of doconoy, aud not only prosonted it in its naked doformufy, but budnubud‘ with vileness moro thun natural; w tho very orduro of vico. Never sinco the' d; of old ltomo had Lumau natuwro sunk so uearly to the lovel of tho brate, In the meanwhile the people looked with hor~ ror upon the godloss ritle, for the moral cor- ruption Lad not yob 'dosconded to the bourgooia class, which was sl com- osed of God-fearing men, amongut whom he marriago tio and tho ordinancea of roligion atill obtained reapeot. THE REQENT WA HATED, Paris was filled not only with lampoona and eatiros sgalnat him and his Court, but with tor- riblo philippics, accusing hun of crimoes too hideous to ho oven glanced st In theso oA, “'ho most romarkablo of Lhoso extant {s that of Ln Grango Chancel, who oxpiatod ite oom- position ” by~ yoars of imprisonment. Tho young Arouot (Vollaire) ~thon just rime ing into famo, ' with® that ‘mudncious h-onr which always chinractorizod the man, no- tually soliolted tho prosenco of Orleans and the Duchostio do Borry at the first represoutation of “@idipus.” " Thoy accedod to his requost, and voro oqual to tho' ocension, joining lu (ho tu- multious appinueo with whiol the play was %ruulod by nu sudicnco who applied evory inol- dont_of ‘tho ghuuily story to tho Rogont aud hig daughtor; and to furthor tostify hia gratin- ention with tho work tho Duke bestowoed pon- sfon upon tha nuthor, At4 Dhilippo d'Orloaus wan a wraok, broken down in hoalth and strongth, kis onca Lsndsome faco blotehed and cavbundled, Lis pornon heayy and obeso. Iu vain tho dostors entroated him to reform hig modo of life. Thoy warned him that Lo was in houtly dangor of spoploxy; advised blooding. ¢ Como to-morrow,” wan' still bhis answwor. Onio day—1t was tho 31st of Dacorber, 1723—ha hiad dinod hoartily, and passed into his cabinot in compnay with thio Duchease Falarl; Lo complained of dullness, and requestod her to toll him ono of the pratty ktorics for tho rolation of which sho waa famous, bia feot, and, rosting hor hiond upon his kuoss, ‘ogan. ' Jiut bhio had nearcoly completed thio first goulonco, whon tho Duko's head foll forward upon his chost ; sho raised hor oyes in altright, thon, apringing o Lior foot, rushed out ko call aasistauco, - All in vain— HE WAS DEAD. 8o dlod, in the very prime of manhood, a man who might, but_for “ovil training aad thio cruol Joalousy of Louis tho Fourteenth, Liave trang- mitted to postority o name londed with the hon. ors of geuius, instead of whioh it Lns bocomo the lymfiul of all that is viclous and sonsual, Bhe eat down at HUSBAND, OR CHILD ? Tranalated from the German for the St. Louts Republi can, by Emily R, Swander, No other ax resouuded through the forest with such a cloar and decided ring a8 that wield- ed by Thomas ; none othor 80 sura of its aim, whilo raisod botwoon sky and ita destined rost. His voico was tho most choorful and his caro] the merriost that roverborated {n the beautiful woodland that extended through tho Rhinoland to tho borders of Holland. ‘Wherovor his hands wero employed, the work wag accomplished in half the time. * The mor- 1y Thomas,” tho *magnificent Thomas,” tho ¥ industrious Thomas,” woro tho names givon him by peoplo far and wido, and whon ko mar- ried and bocamo the fathor of ason ho was jollior than ever. * Hia wifo scemed to partake of his epirit, and his boy gave promise of becoming just sucha happy soul. The whola noighborkood wore hap- pyin the harmonious lifo of this joyous trio, whilo oach dorived o partioular pleasuro in wit- nosulng tho folicity of tho othor. But suddonly, tho lightniog flash of circumstancea penotratod this bappy homo, Ono bright morning, sx in hand, he stood be- side a fallon tros, while wifo and son stood noar, ready to gather the fragmonts, and they wora ng menn chipy that foll boneath Thomas' stroke, High over his head tho glittoring stesl was raisod, and, a8 bis glance noted the reflocted ray of sunshiuo followiug it, ha shouted merrily, *YYifo, gees't thon wy meteor? Huil isit not vorily like tho lash of one?” But tha sbining motal and its attractivo metoorio light did not disnppoar within tho wood. Glnnoiog lightly over tla bark, it ontered I'homas’ foot, and thero Wwas no timoa for usoloss tonrs. Tho wifo's grioy- ing boart did not vens itsolf iu idle lamenta- tiony, but quostioned, how was she to get hor husbaud bhome ? The other lnborers had not arrived. ‘Thomas was always tho first at work, na now he was olso the first to rogain his cheorfulness to en- courage wifo and childin this trial. A spring near supplied wator to wash the wound that proved to bo savere, and the mauly Anton di- vc:}ed himsolf of his littlo shirt to bind it up with, Thia carofully dono, Thomas set his big white toolh firmly together, roso, grasping with one band tho shouldor of Liu_ boy, aud, supportod o the othior sido by his wife, ho ordered, * Maroh uick! “tho houso is uot 'sucka long way off, thon all will bo well." ‘Inking tho shortest route home obliged them to cross over n railrond track. Although this was a forbidden road for podasirinus, thoy cone sidored it tho bost in this omergoncy. But hero mlueronuuo overwhelmed thom in ‘terrible ear- not. At the first atop, tho sufferer caught his ‘wounded foot in the rail, stumbled, fell, throw- ing his boy iuto tho middle of th road, bronk- ing the littlo fullow’s log. A helpless, living mags thoy Iy there, snd be- fore both conld bo rescued from thoir porilous bed tho stoawing, roaring monstor of the road camo teariug down upou thow, leaving their boy n maugled, bleoding corpse the next instant bo- foro tliem, Buch was tho story told by Thomoas and his wifo fo tho horrified and sympathizing pooplo. But thoro must havo been something singular ond mystorious conneoted with this mournful avout that romained untold, a secrot within their own heart, for, spite of repoated endeavars to bavo tho story told again, thoy would alwsys au- swor, ‘‘You hiave heard it onco,” while o ehudder of horror followed at tho remembrauco, Thus years passod without mitigating tho slrange melancholy and deep dejection that had sottled on this once merry Thomas aud his equally ohoorful Gertrudo, ‘I'he wounded foot had long sinco rocovored, and Thomas handled his ax with his former strongth, whilo his wife was over at his sido, Want aud earo wore strangers in thoir home, and. they retained tho love aud respoct of all, and appeared to lova each othor as formorly. No word of complaint ovor pssed their lips, sud still this porpotual sorrow that hod banished svery smilo from tho face of this onco joyous couplo. Could this bo tho result of the traglo death of thoir ohild? Naturally endowed with a sound mind and body, a dispokition checrful, and ready toseo tho bright side of all troublos that hud herotofore ovortaken them, it was scarcely prob- ablo that such naturea should give thomselves up ontirely to this congolcss grief. ‘I'hero must bo some wecrat cause. Iloft uo pains untried to ingratiato myself in their favor and obtain their confidence, Not only curiosity wae oxcitod, bt I hiad » ronl peycholog- fcal futerost in tho matter, and, I acknowlodgs, just tho loast suspicion of somothing foul; a criminul socrot, posaibly an accident, that re- quired but littlo light to lead these peoplo bick to happiness, 1t it nok nccossary to oxplan hotw I bronght it about ; suflico it to any that ono day, iu presonco of hor Lusband, frau Thomas nnburdened hor oadly oppresscd honrk to mo in thia wiso 1 ‘* Aftor tho birth of vur child I was a great donl Lapplor and loved Thomas bottor than over whou lie was at my side, but I could aldo onjoy Lis absonce, and not watch window and door constantly if he chanced to romain away longor thau usual, I used tfo tonso him fro- quently, and sy, ‘Somebody is welcomo to stoal you, now 1'vo got my baby.’ He wonld Iaugh ut mo thon, saying, “'Well, if you haveno furlbor use for mo, all right,' and playfully leavo tho room as if in droadtul anger, and ban, the door, But I know he was only in fuu, an langhod, as if 1 did not cave, Novertholesy, my heart grew sad and was disturbed until lus faco ngaiu apponrod at tho door, and ho would langh At mo with those great whito teoth and may, ¢ Iusband or child, which 2’ Then I quickly rn‘)llud ¢ Husband, oh! tho hushand !’ “Bul it was so queor, for just a8 soon as he was with mo agai, my spi¥it for toasing re- turned and I would say : ** 41 think it is the child, after sl “Then ho would take the boy from my breaat and danco Lim joyfully up and down and say, “You ara right 1 **Thon ho would givo mo a good kiss, and thus our littlo innocont *jars’ wero nover quarrels, and ondod in porfect content.” Sho gazed for n momont silently before her, while ''homas #at nodding his hond sndly, #You uoe,” #ho contlnued, *it Ia ucoassary to tell you all this. If it does soem foroign to'the real subguct, it belongs toit, for it bLecamo o mattor of most hoart-ronding thoughts to us af- torward, "Phis question askod in joke becamo & frighttul fuct.” 'i‘lm woman was 80 overcomo &he could scarce= 1y continue, and hor oyas turned a mule appent for bolp towards her Lutshand, but ho only shook Dis hend mournfully, making s motion with his Liand as if to bid hor spoak on, looking into hor eyos lovingly, ns if to aheor Lot 4 Weall, tho story wa told at the timo of the acoldont ‘waa truo in every partioular, up to our arival at tho rallroad track. Thore it wasa little difforont, and wo hositated in giving the exact mannor of tho horrid ocourronco, Wo Liavo nover fully undorstood oursolves why, It wonld hiave beon bettor, I think, if wo hud not miado s Becrat of it ; mich af this weary shadow that has olonded our lives would bhave worn away, had wo talked it over with anothor person. That' is why wo give you our confldence now, hoping an mtnllfi;mnt, right-minded man like yoursel! will adviéo and judgs if I bave orred, It happoned thus, As my Auton and I led fatuor towards the traok I imagined [ heard the locomotive, but I could seo nothing, as & heavy fog Iay on {ne ground, and I supposed the mon- ater wag far, far away fromn us, and the moments woro precious, My poor Thomes wan sufforing torribly, saying his foot waa burning like oaus- tio, and it wan only o atep aud wo would be over, and bnd Fhomos not had the misfortuno to stumblo, wo would have crossad safoly. . ““Thoy both lay in themlddlo of tho road, An- ton to tho right of mo, Thomns to tho loft, nud du thnt instant thoir startled ory and tho shriok- ing roar of tho iron monstor foli on my ear, and throngh the denso rug I enw his burning, groedy oyo fastoned on my doar onos, whilo “hu fler; epacka woro_ thiokly scatterod about, as it hol itself had oponed to dovour them, “ Ohl it I live a thousand years, tho horror of that moment will romain, as I ranlizod I could 8ayo ono of thom, oniy one “Ah! sir, sirl” ITumon nature may ba nubjoct to o million difforont distresving heartachos and montal struggles, but hoap them all into a life- timo, it ia an nothing comparedto what I ondurod in a fow seconds. ** I havo ofton wondered slnco, how It was pos- siblo tho mind coutd nnm}:ruhuud 80 much while subjoct to auch intolorablo aufforing and fright, an now, thought after thought flashed througli my braln in so short a time, ** My mothor-heart yoarned for my child, and 1 soemod to grosp it, while tho band of God Himself soomed to hold mo toward Thomas, I thought, waa ho not thino boforo the child ? Did you not Bwoar at the altar nover to forsake him? 1t seemod, then, an it T loved him bost 3 ho was moro usoful on earth, then I thought, oh! hor- rible ravon mothior | to dosort your child | Dut tho thing wos upon us, I beard men's volcos warning through tho mist, It was as if thoy triod to stop it, but failed, It cut tho darkness and rushed towards us, with ono bound I turnod from my obild, grasped for my huabsnd, and, with the strongth ot nfillut. aisod him off the track, turned, but the awful monster had {,’;fi?,“%"' loaving mo tho orushed romaing of my 8Bho atopped short, as if suddenly frozen in body and aoul, Hor husband trombied 1o ovory limb, clutching at his board as if 1t could steady bim, I et a spoochloss witooss of this foarful griof. "My sympathiy bad no words, my” eyea must have told them how deeply L entered with them into this tonching history. Thomas recovored himaolf first. CGolng to his wifo he tenderly placed his arm around hor. She startod with tho magnotio touch, looked up at }m&!, lml'flmn at me a8 if waiting for mo to pass udgment, I&canld only {ako her hand botween my own and sny ¢ ““ Poor, poor mothor! Noble woman! Right- eoup wifo[" At this, her odes beamod as if aud- denly relieved of a dark voi flush of genuine happiness covored her face; tho wholo countoe nonco of the woman changed from o sluggish borror to an incomparablo relicf, Thomas strotchod his band toward mo ; his eyen flashing with joy, his head oreated with manly prido, and for the firat time in yoats bis brmxz shining teeth appoared through a smile again, * God reward your kind heart and good words, eir,” she criod.” “It wooms asif we dared be happy ouce mora |” Hlio ombraced hor husband, looking lovingly up to-him, and softly asked: **Do you not think so, Thomns 2 * Junt w0, just o, wifo.,” Ho could scarcoly artioulate tho words' for tho omotion that con quorod him now. Hot toars foll on_ his wite's Liands and faco ; she, tao, sobbod and wopt with him., They wero tho first tears, None were shod during that horrible timo, ‘' You seo what it wan that changed me 8o, ali thoso jours, eir. Tho quostion couatantly ap- peared boforo me ; Have you not committed an unpardonablo sin against your own flesh and blood ? T could find no rest.” My peaco was gone forover, and I told Thomus nover again would I dure bocoms a mothor—!" A deop blush mantled her face and sho poused, I thought hora was the time to advise and restore Liarmony o tho distrosscd family, I enid rupmwhmufi; tohor: ‘ You appoar on{y to think of yoursolf, Frau Thomas, Do you not supposo your hurband has also suffored all these yonrs tho samo as yourself 7" She looked at mo astonished, and, rathor abashed, raplied : YOt course 'ho_ was miserable to sce ma g0, but, as he could not help me, ha let mo alone,” ““Now, Frau Thomas, wo Lavo tho socrot, sud that is whoro you have been unjuat,and wronged ]ylour' husband. You daily exhitated regrot that is lifo hiad Loon saved at so great a snorifico to yourself. Itloft him in more uncortainty ro- garding your love for him, sud can you blsmo him if ho did not think his life tao dulrlfl bought? It was noblo in Lim not to reproad you for saving his life at tho cost of the ono donror to you. Is it not so, Chomns 2" ““Pruly, you bnve rond my foolings botter thau I could havo oxplainod thom, . Frequontly my hoort scomed roady to broak when I realized what you have said, but I conld not blame her, ‘whon sho had done so much for me.” Tho womau's faco was & study., Embarrass- mont, regrot, perplexity, all appeared, until for yéry shome sho cast horself on her husband's Dronst, bogging Lis pardon. It was his turn fo be embarrassed now, and it was roally touching to sce the man act aa if ho had done somothing vory foolish. Ilott thom contident in their future happi- nose, ond %0 it provod. In timo, suothor clild came {o blosa tho soroly-tried mothor's heart, Iéx{‘th dn;yor sgain tho question, ** Ilusbaud or e e LOVE ME NOW. Oh! give me lova while it fs to-dny, While yet I tread 1ife’s weary way, And walt not till from earth'T pass Bofore you grant {be plea I ask, Wheu T from earth have pasned sway, And naught remains hore but my clay, Your love aud toars would naught avall, Thiough hoarts should break that o'er wo wall, 1ut now, in sodnesn and distress, Your tendor Iovo my lifo would bless, Aud gater olouds with sorrow rife That hover o'cr my eartbly life, Ou! many warm licarls Inngulil hero For want of love and fricnaly cheer ; Theu, dear friends, weop not o'er our clay, But givo ua ova witlo i to-day. ' . L, DE Laxo, e o FURNISHING A HOME, To the Edttor of The Chicago Tridune Bin: In last Suunday’s paper I aaw an article on * Housckeoring,” Boing a subject in which Iam greatly intorosted, I proceeded to read it with great oagerncss, supposing it would cor~ roborate tho caloulations which I, a8 an am- bitious head of a young family, had mado as to the exponse of furnisting n house, bosides give ing additional hinta which it might bo to my benofit to know. But, slas! my expeotations wero Dblighted at the vory boginning. The writor placed tho estimated averngo wages of & young married man st $160 per month, while T only carn $75 per month, sud he thon procosds to mako ealculations from that bosis, In reading the aiticlo abovo montioned, I con- cluded tho writor wasouo of two things: eithor ignosant of the overago wages paid to mo- aohanics, clerks, otc., or clse writing merely for that excoodingly suall olnss of favored judivid~ uale who have influcntial friends to give thieom luerativo positions, whore drawing tho salary is the principal work thoy have to do. Now, 8 a hard-working machanic of 33, re- oeiving the averngo wngos paid to persons of my station in lifo, I Lisg louve to prosout s fow faots, founded on actual oxporienco, to my brothor- workors who are ambitious to mnrry and equip a home of their own, I will suppose that, at the time of mnn‘]hifi, Lo has $200 lcft aftur'the coxpourcs of tho wed- ding. 1o can vent thros very comfortuble rooms in a Tospectablo locality for 318 per month,—ono woeld's wages, “'he fitat, becatwo the most im- portavt, room o furnieh is tho kitchon. Ilis stovo will cost him, suy, $i0,—this including the accompanying cooking utensils ; » kitchon-tablo sud dining-room_tablo, sny, $16; dwhos, $16 ; and, allowiog 816 for sundrics, wo have 376 for kitchen-appliancos, This is as good as any young man with o small salary can aiford to buy, Noxt wo como to the bad-room. An ordinary carpot for an avoragoe-sized bod-room will cost not mora than 818,—probably not that ; & good, sorviconblo bodutond und matiross, §16." Ho will nyo to do without a fonthor-bed for awhile, without biu wife brings (hat as part of her dawor, 'Tho shects, pillows, pillow-slips, and govrlots will oot $28, buren, $20 chinir, 5, for kitohon sud bod-room ; sundrios, $10, This I8 $114 for bed-room. But ho can furnish it much cheapor 1f it s very small and used only for a bed-room. "This will con- Bune $180 of lus saviugs to furnish the two rooms; but, with these two rooms, ho can commenco lifo, Ho will now have to suve monoy for tho front raom, or palor. ‘Ths Turnishing of this room will depond” vory much on iy tautos, but exporience hay tnugixht mo never to buy anything £ did not sbsolutely noad, without I had the mouey to pay for it at the time of buying, Hin oarpot for this room ho onn got for #25; vano-soat chadrs, inoluding_rookor (throa ohnirs in quite suflivionl for a smuall [mrlnr), 818 ; small contra-tnblo, $6.50 ; cozy littlo stove, $16; enu- drics, suoh’ ae_ofl-oloth, door-mufs, eto., 86, This makos 06,50 for tha nocosary articles for the parlor, Ho can, of course, buy plolures to docorato the wall, and other little luxuries, just a8 ho fools abla, Now, how iu ho to savo monoy to pay for this ? Ho oarns $18 por woeok, If ho has an econgm« foal wifo (and a poor mul:‘ Is s fool if ha marrlos any other kind), he can live on §13 por x week,—thlu) including ~ housoe ront and moucy for olothos (which last onght not to be very much for the first four or five months aftor mmrqu'n. Ho thon has $0 or woak to envo to pny for lanlor-furmmm. }n thirteen weoks ho can buy all tho nocossary” articles for this room, and bo & Lappy man, frog and indgpendent. Now, Mr. Editor, I am awara thatsome of your high-minded readors (probably withoitt & cent in their pocicots) will Iaugh at this humblo ostimate of tho cost of a poor and respeclable young man's lome. DBut overy item here I8 corroot,—if any- thing, greater than tho real amount nocossary to be oxpended. 'T'hio articles, td be sure, are come mon, bat durablo ; and it {a far better to com- monce this way than perpetuslly to board, and noyor have a homo of his own. I would liko to take somo of the doserving !oung men who are in a quandary abont this mate or into my houso, and show them how cozily thoy can live on a small ealary, if they but have . mind to. Reapoctfully, 0. E. 0. ¥ —_— WHAT SHALL WE EAT? ‘Wheat-NMecnl-Ircnd vs, Starch-Nrend: ‘MIDDLEBURTY, Vi, Oct. 18, 1870, o the ditor of The Chicago Tribune 8m: Intho *Philosophy of Eating,” by Dr. Bollows, tho author gives the following clagsifie catlon of food: First—Catbonatos ; that olass which supplios tho lungs with fuo), and thus furnishes hoat to the systom, and supplies fat, or adiposo mattor, Second—Nitratos ; that olass which supplies tho wasto of muscle. Third—Phosphatos ; the class that supplies the bones, the brain, and the norves, and gives vital power, both muscular and mental. Tho following table oxhibits an analysis of difforont kinds of food in their natural state, Ni- Carbon- Phos- M%" Water, 3 35, L ¥ this tablo that, of wheat is truly tho *ataff of life,” WHEAT-MEAL, OR UNNOLTED FLOUR. ‘Wheat-meal is far moro nutritious and fitted to build up tho systom than superfne flour, which s bereft of about one-half of the tissuc~ making elements. 0. 8. Ilubbell, M. D.,—s dlg- tinguishod pharmncoutist of Philadolphis,— furnishes the following analysis of the flour and bran wluch ho recelvos from tho mill to which bio sonds his whaat for grinding: From every 100 pounds of whent, about 76 pounda of flour and 20 pounds of bran. The flour, (ho adds) contalns, of tissuo-making eloments (gluton, ale bumen, &c.), 1.65; of phoaptiates and othor pa- lines, 0.70; total, 2,95 por cont. Tho bran con tains, of tissuc-making olemonts, 8,10; salines, phosphates, &c., 7.05; total, 10.15 per cent. That is, for purposes of nutrition, the bran ia neaxly five-fold richer than the flour, or (boing ono-fourth tho wolght of the flour) it has aa much value as tho flour itsclf in overy bushel. It fs unquostionably true that God made wheat in tho boat proportions to build up aud nourish the pystom; and man in his folly has separated and rojocted that_part which contains all the ll:ona, musole, and [at-making matorial, viz., the ran, AN EXPERIMENT. A Fronch writer inform u that the experi- mont was rocontly mado of tostiug the superior- ity of wheaton-meal bread (unbolted-flour bread) over common starch-bread (flue-flour bread). Two doge, of similar ago and spparont vitality, woro fad, tho one on starch-broad and wataf alons. Ho pined away and dicd in loes than forty days, 'Tho other way fod on wheat-moal bread aud wator alono, and, at tho ond of forly du'skthe bad gained flosh—sovoral pounds in weight. Dr. Bellows states ““that animals have boen fod on pure_atarch or sugar, or fat alono, aud thoy gradually pined away aud died; and tho nitratos, in all tho fine-flour broad which tho animal can oat, will notsustain lifo boyond fifty daya; but othors, fod on unbolted flowr, would continuo to thrivo, and fatten, and’ grow stout and strong, for an’ indeflnite period. AVOID AND REJECT STARCH-UREAD. It is not only deficient of overy olement that makes muscle, or bone, or fat, but it lacks the mucilaginous substance which is the natural stimulant of tho alimentary canal. 1t is con- atipating, ond st war with ovorything that touds to build up tho system, and promote health, It {a immatorial whether tho quan- tity of food bo_ reduced too low,or whothor thoi musclo-making or heat-making olo- ments bo withdrawn, even though the other ba fully supplied. In eithor case tho offoct will ba tho pame, Tho animalor porson will hoconia woak, dwindle away, aud die sooner or later, ne- cording to the deficioncy. Food, therefors, cone tainiug tho right proportion of Leators and mus- cle-makers, is tho best and most economical. A DETRIMENT AND LOSS, In Chicago, sud neatly all_ Amorican cltics, a Inrgo part of 'tho expeuscs of the table aro fn- poriino flour, buttes, and sugar, neither of whicl contains enough or the musclo, or brain and bone-making eloments to sustaid life over fifty days, a8 bas boen proved by oxporiments with flour, while butter and sugar will not sustain lifa » single wonth without food. As far ns we havo articles of food deficiont in carbonates, we can ugo, without loss, butter or sugarin inodornta quantities to supply tho doficioiiey, but most of our national food, both animal and vegotablo, containa & duo proportion, aud if, with thom, we uee buttor and sugar, thus dostroying that cor~ xect proportion, thoy cannot bo apportioned to nor ausimilated by the systom, nad aro,theroforo, lost,—utterly and entirety lost. All_monts, fat and loan, all graing, and milk, contnin all "the carbouates neoded, or cun bo used to furnish lLeat in modorate weathor, Therofore, all tho buttor or sugar that Is added to olthor of theso common articles of food, a8 they aro used in making caice, custards, pics, olo., aro not only lost, but, by sdding too ‘much fuel, incroaso the tendedcy to inflammations, ombarrass the stomach, induce congestiovs, ob- structions, constipation, and that *living death,” dyspepsin, which is fearfully on tho ine crcuse in our coun WIHEY ADMISSIDLE, TIn articlos of food deficieut in carhon, such as lean ments, flsh, potaioes, beans, or peas, some oily substance nctcms to be necdoed. Then wo cain tako our choico botwoon Lutter, Tnrd, or fa porlk, all of which are precigoly alike in chomical composition, Bugar is noeded with the acid fruits and ber- ries, and cspecinlly with appies, which, in Now England aud the Far West,aro tho most valuable of ull fruits, eithor with or without cooking, nud which, witl sugar, furnish excollent food, es- pocially in winfor And piing, wien othe it oannot bo had. Dut, to find & good use for sus eI:nnu lour, out of ‘which has beon foolishly akon FOUR-FIFTHE of its food ilnklng oqual M‘cxgh!fl?, or onc-half by tho bushiol), ix oxcoadinsly ditténlt,—ludeod }mpnulblu in lcalth; and it can only'be usel In diseusio, when the irritability of the stomach or bowels forbids the uao of thoir natural stimu- lants, just as inflanunation of tho eye makes it uocossary to excludo tho light, RECIPE FOR WHEAT-MFAL BREAD, Bread, light, swoeol, deliclous, and eminently nutritioun and palatable, may bo made by mixe ing good unboltod whoat-menl with cold wator, or milk if proforred, malking a paste of proper consistonce, dotormined by experiments, I'laco in a hot oven, und bako a4 soon s possiblo with. out hurning. Fhe Lieat suddonly coagulates the gluton of tho outsido, which retning the steam formod within, and each patticlo of water being intorsporsed with s particlo of flour, and ox- paidod into ateam, soparates tho particlca into Cally, and boing rofainod by the gluton, which is abundant in this natural flour, till it is cooked, tho muss vomaing porous and digestible, and, con- talning no carbonio acid gas, is wholesomo 'wlon oaton f‘mmoumtow trom tho oven, and, of course equally so whon cold, Itcan be mado exactly likio starch-broad, if deslrod, Lot auichlos cat whito starch-broad, Let wise men shun the samo, For Hatan holds tho winnfog cards, AL this shiar. tablo-gatne, Docoption iu lils keonost bisdo; 1o makes beliove tiat white Ta much tho niceat tut for bread, ad kills of i . “"Thrust through and slatn by this Brevd-emarr, 8. D, HooswkLt,